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Use in varieties of Scots

watchan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 0 4.5 159 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences200 3 16 0 1 0
Number of authors10 1 8 1

Occurrences of watchan in Corpus

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Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
l fall on Alice, as she stood watchan them, an he checked hissell s on page 75
wful lot at first, but, efter watchan id a meenad or two, she on page 80
, leanan her heid on her han, watchan e settan sun, an thinkan o pe on page 120

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
who wis aalweys watchan, aalweys willeen on page 9
Watchan Eyes. on page 10

2 matches

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
And wu've been watchan you. on page 15

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
things in the age old wey, be watchan whut wis deen on page 95

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They'd likely be watchan their figures - weel, I wid on page 58

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Chist in case thur watchan me. on page 83

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Alwis watchan. on page 45
Wettan an watchan fur the fun tae begin on page 90

2 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Snow watchan on page 113

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
Athoot me waakenan here and watchan on page 58

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
the corner the cat haed been watchan, appeared so suddenly an sile
which wis the eyes o the cat watchan him. If any buddy lukked oot
edore, you canna. I’ve been watchan them aal day. You couldna fin
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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
oosands o folk hiv no problem watchan oors and oors o subtitled Nor
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
watchan the dominie scart in the wers on page 129

1 matches

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